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    Thanks Art,

    I understood what she was saying. I was commenting that buying from them I knew I had to buy a whole side. I am hoping that maybe someone knows a supplier other than the tanner who can provide the leather in smaller qties. I guess if all else fails I can make a butt load of stuff from this reduced thickness bridle leather, but would rather have a go at a smaller purchase initially.

    Allen

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    Called and placed an order just yesterday with Ron at Hidecrafters.

    Items in stock. Phone still work and there are employees.

    Website can use some help, but those who are complaining... do you have a updated, functional e-commerce site?

    What's that... No? :eusa_naughty: Yeah I thought so.

    Until you have an proof of a supplier closing the doors, keep your personal opinions about the viability of businesses to yourself.

    I have always found Hidecrafters to be a friendly, well stocked and valuable resource. And if they ever lock the doors and close shop maybe then it will appropriate to opine about your opinions on their employee staffing, stock, and whatever else you may choose to whine about.

    Now if you have a complaint with a supplier and can't get it resolved then yea, by all means let someone know. But to plant a seed of doubt and then run a potential customer away because of an unsubstantiated rumor... ?

    If this post offends anyone.... Good. It was meant to. The lack of common courtesy displayed by some in previous post set the precedent.

    Allen

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    Bruce,

    To clarify... On the FIRST pass he, nor I bought anything.

    But the second, third and fourth trips through we did.

    Boy did we. I bought a sewing machine the first evening and that took a hunk of tooling tool money out of the picture.

    I picked up a couple of Wayne's geometrics, King's X got ALOT if Barry's stuff. LOL

    Plus I bought quite a few conchos, and other stuff.

    Allen

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    Hey Bro Rubo,

    No disrespect intended. The items and articles including patent searches are new... in the last 3 years so yes, so the processes I am referring to in the leather world (thousands of years) still an infant. The information is readily available on the internet with a few search terms.

    I am glad you have a process that works for you. Good luck with it.

    Be advised if you come to a place like Leatherworker.net and post a process like you did, you will have curious people ask questions. Proprietary or not, as a whole, LW is a sharing community. So don't get your gander up cause someone is curious about the process. We're all friends here... you included. :grouphug5vj5:

    We all try to advance leather working as a trade and as a hobby. I will still have my buddy do the sublimation printing as I said I would if for no other reason to bang my own head up against the wall. Just curiosity mainly.

    Allen

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    After doing some research, I found out that there are many processes already out there for transferring a digital image to leather.

    The sublimation process is possible and being done currently with a few different twists in outcomes.

    As Rubo said there are some who apply a film to the leather, which is like a decal over the top. One of the most promising one I saw for a home crafter or small business was a process in which using common readily available sublimation inks, a t-shirt heat press and an after treatment to seal the ink (which provides a little protection from scratching and scuffing the art.) According to the write-up, the penetration of the ink is dependant on the leather. A sealed, gloss leather is tougher to protect the image than say a porrus leather.

    I have a request into a guy that does this type of work and maybe I can see if I can get him to print up a few things to see if it works.

    Allen

    PS As far as patenting the process, unless Rubo has come up with a radically different way to do this process, I would seriously think about making sure I am not duplicating someone elses work. I found several different patents and processes that are (although still in thier "infantcy") already doing this very thing. I'd hate to see someone spend tons of money to try and patent a process that is already estabilished.

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    Johanna,

    I thought the same thing, then also wondered if involved sublimation printing or a combination of the two?

    I have wondered if the inks used in sublimation t-shirt printing would lend itself to transfer easily using the "picture this"

    and 2shews process. Maybe I'll add that to my list of I have to try's and need to do's list.

    Allen

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    Rick,

    I sharpen using a graver's jig. I bought mine from ebay. It allows an infinite angle setting and you can sharpen on a stone or from the side of the stone with the jig on your worktable and the blade on the stone. Meaning you can go vertically along the blade and horizontal if you wish. I got mine on eBay for like 10 bucks. It can be used for your awl blades, touching up exacto blades... you name it. I generally mark the existing angle using a sharpie. Then I find that angle and duplicate it. If the blade angle is hosed up, I set the angle and get to work.

    Allen

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    Wow!

    I have read for nearly 3 hours the last couple days on who does what where and my machine can kick your dad's machines butt. blah blah blah....

    LOL I'm not upset but the back and forth defiantly creates a "who to trust" type situation.

    I am not a Wal-Mart mentality shopper, but I want the best product for the price. I do not shop name brands simply for the name. Too many times a brand is developed and it goes to poop because they build a following and then start skimping to make a few extra bucks. The older products are better and those customers still tout the name and the new customers just think that they got a deal and live with the new inferior product.

    I am not looking to create a flame thread or a who's best but I would like some real world advise.

    I know NOTHING about sewing machines. However I'd like to learn and I do want to purchase a machine.

    I do know there is not a "do everything" machine out there. But I'd like a machine that can do many different things.

    Here is the meat of all this...

    Is there a machine that can sew up to a 6-7 oz tooling leather that can also:

    sew a couple layers of chrome tan to the 6-7 oz?

    sew lining pig leathers to 6-7 oz

    allow the user to sew inlays and overlays in 6-7oz and lower?

    I would like to do some decrative stitching in 6-7 oz and lower (like in boot tops, but not boot tops)

    Maybe the occasional handbag made from chap and/or tooling leather

    and be useable for a novice machine user?

    Am I asking too much?

    Any help is appreciated!

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